Samuel Umtiti

JamDav1982 said:

From watching games it is clear as day to me teams are letting him have the ball and he defers to the easy pass far more than Pique and Masch who are far better on the ball.

Do you not have stats to back up he plays more forward passes? Sounds like you did.

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SeloBarca said:

They let him have it becouse he has not as good under preassure, but when given time i Think hes the better passer.
I also Think the preassure thing will get better as he gets more experiance with the team.

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SeloBarca said:

I dont know? Watching the games?

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God Serena said:

I really don't know what games you are watching but when I watch him play most of his passes are either safely forward to a fullback, to the side to Pique, or straight back to Mats, and passing charts reflect this.

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Jombi said:

Do we know what type of instructions he is given though? We cant just automatically assume that everything he does is not a result of instructions. Judging by number of passes per game in La Liga, Pique passes 70 times per game, Umtiti 71 and Mascherano 73 times. Not really much of a difference.

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God Serena said:

I wouldn't be surprised if it's down to instructions but that's not really the point I'm arguing. His passing is not impressive. Whether it's because he's scared on the ball or because Lucho tells him to play this way doesn't matter to me.

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Jombi said:

I think his passing is fine personally and if he does what he is told to do, its hard to fault him.

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God Serena said:

I'm not faulting him but you can't give him credits, either. The same way you can't give credits to Neymar for all the goals he's not scoring because of the lack of a midfield, even though it's down to Lucho's tactics.

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